For The Fallen

For The Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.








My Gt, Grandfather was in WW1. He fought at the battle of the Somme. His son my Grandfather was in WW2, He fought in Burma.

Me I havent had to go to war.

Thank you for the freedoms we enjoy today.

God bless you, we do remember you.

reply to post by Agent-ATS

My Gt, Grandfather was in WW1. He fought at the battle of the Somme. His son my Grandfather was in WW2, He fought in Burma.

You have very good reasons to be proud of your family and the service they provided to the world. If it wasn't for brave men like them, this world would be a whole lot different.

I salute them and as well as all British troops who have fallen.

May their deeds, actions, and bravery be remembered forever.

Semper Fi

My local hero Harry Patch and his brothers, we will never forget.

Respect for our troops.
Bring them home A.S.A.P.